Californians for Consumer Privacy Calls on Google to Drop Opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act and Stop the Tracking of Kids

April 19, 2018

New Study Shows Apps on Google Play Store are "Potentially in
Violation" of COPPA by Illegally Tracking Children — Without Parents'
Permission

San
Francisco, Calif. – Today,
Californians for Consumer Privacy called on Google to stop funding the
opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act and to stop the tracking
of children on
applications hosted by the Google Play Store.

“The fact that Google did not protect the privacy of children who
use their apps is chilling and beyond disturbing,” said Alastair Mactaggart, Chair of Californians for Consumer Privacy and
Chief Proponent of the California Consumer
Privacy Act. “This
demonstrates an acute need for real
accountability measures for large corporations in order to ensure the safety,
security and privacy of our families. Like Facebook did last week, Google needs
to announce that it is dropping any further funding of their anti-privacy Super
PAC.”

Google
joined AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Facebook in donating to a million dollar
Super PAC to oppose consumer privacy. After it was revealed that Facebook
breached the data of 87 million of its users, Facebook announced it would no
longer fund the campaign opposing the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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About the California Consumer Privacy Act

The
California Consumer Privacy Act on the ballot in November 2018 establishes new,
groundbreaking consumer privacy rights and empowers consumers to take back
control over their personal information.

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The
California Consumer Privacy Act:

Establishes the right to know what information big businesses are collecting about you,
your devices and your children;

Gives you the ability to tell companies to stop selling your personal information; and

Empowers you to hold companies accountable for data breaches and breaking the law.

If you’ve come to our site from a search engine like Google or a social platform like Facebook, your information is possibly being collected, tracked, and shared by them. Learn more and/or opt-out of some sharing on CAPrivacy.org.

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